If there was little concern about Google not caring about our privacy, this ought to change things. Thanks, Jim. I have given up youtube, google earth, gmail, and all other Google programs except for Maps. I did not know that this corrupt corporation is backing up my passwords without my permission. To default this setting is unethical to say the least. Everybody likes the freebies that Google offers, but it comes at a very high price. I am unwilling to pay the price. Here is something all ought to understand. It is just horrible! From the article Jim cited:
... my corporate office has a public, protected wireless access point. The idea that every Android device that connects with that access point shares our private corporate access key with Google is pretty unacceptable ... This isn't just a trivial concern. The fact that my company can easily lose control of their own proprietary WPA2 encryption keys just by allowing a user with an Android device to use our wireless network is significant. It illustrates a basic lack of understanding on the ethics of dealing with sensitive corporate and personal data on the behalf of the engineers, programmers and leadership at Google. Honestly, if there is any data that shouldn't be harvested, stored and synched automatically between devices, it is encryption keys, passcodes and passwords.